Josh Peck spoke on the status of his friendship with former costar Drake Bell following the latter's infamous invitation snub from the former's wedding years ago. The two actors, known for starring on the titular Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh, had a publicized feud in 2017 that lasted for six months until it was seemingly resolved. However, that appears not to be the case, as Peck says he still doesn't view Bell as a close friend.
The two actors are best known for playing stepbrothers on the hit Nickelodeon sitcom from 2004 to 2007. Due to their on-screen chemistry and despite their careers going in different directions over the years, it was believed that Bell and Peck were also just as close in real life. They even occasionally reunited on screen. These hopes were dashed when, in 2017, it was revealed online that Bell was not invited to Peck's wedding to Paige O'Brien, leaving Bell to call out his on-screen stepbrother in a now-deleted tweet.
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Peck recently appeared on the podcast BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards where he opened up about his rift with Bell. He acknowledged that while the series they starred in together was special, they weren't like brothers in real life. Peck admitted that he and his former costar barely kept in contact followingDrake and Josh's ending. But then he revealed that Bell had texted him the night of this wedding:
«Cut to, I'm getting married that night and I see these text messages from him, like cursing me out, coming for me. On the night of my wedding… I don't care about me, it's, whatever, I signed up to be a public person. It is what it is. But here's my wife, who's like, getting torn down on the Internet and I'm like,
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